Unlike Democrats after their 2004 election debacle, it doesn't seem likely that many conservatives will threaten to move to Canada, spend months in therapy, or engage in angry, unhinged public meltdowns.

Welcome to the No- Sulk Zone!

The reasons are many:

For several years now, conservatives have grown exceptionally frustrated with the GOP leadership on a number of issues, especially illegal immigration and out- of- control government spending. We've seen so little progress on these pressing matters that the loss of Republican Congressional control doesn't sting nearly as much as it should have.

Rather than beingwon by Democrats, this election was lost by Republicans. Neither party made a good case for itself this year, but anti- GOP sentiment was strong enough to toss them out.

Quick: what issues did the Democrats run on this year? Other than on the idea of opposing Republicans, there were almost none. In the long run, that doesn't bode well for their party.

This defeat finally gives the Republican grassroots a chance to be in the driver's seat. Pressing for new leadership will be easy now. Over time, the GOP will be much stronger than it is today, through elected representatives who are more principled than what we have now.

The real race is in 2008. It's going to be much easier to get a Republican elected in the presidential contest than it would have been had the party prevailed last night.

And the Democrats aren't going to control Congress by much, so it won't be especially difficult to overturn that result in two years if the party gets its act together. Some of the seats lost to scandals last night are in districts that will be hard for Dems to maintain beyond one term.

The 2008 election cycle officially begins today!

We're not going to miss some of those who were booted last night. Will any tears be shed for Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee? No, he's been a sad joke for years.

Congressman Tom Tancredo, the GOP's leading warrior against illegal immigration-- opposed by both the open-borders Left and the open- borders White House-- won a fifth term handily.

Gay marriage bans won approval in 3 states. And as of this writing, the oil tax initiative, Prop. 87-- backed by deep-pocketed Hollywood libs, is trailing badly in California.

John Kerry's late-campaign troop smear galvanized bloggers and talk radio hosts, but it was not strong enough to overcome wider bipartisan voter doubts about Iraq.

So instead of sulking, let's allow these losses to revitalize the Republican Party so that it is much stronger in the long run.

San Francisco and its unhinged citizens may have won a round, but America will always prevail in the end.

ALSO: in Massachusetts, it's pretty clear that Democrat Deval Patrick's gubernatorial victory was a Bay State repudiation of Mitt Romney's national ambitions. Too bad Lt Gov Kerry Healey had to take the hit, however.

Patrick was vague during the campaign and voters still don't know him very well, so his extreme views may come as a shock once he takes office. He's the first Democrat to take over as governor of Massachusetts in almost 20 years.

Once the euphoria wears off, the realities of governing a state with as many problems as Massachusetts will prove too difficult for Patrick and a single term in office (or less if something else opens up he'd prefer to do) seems most likely. In the meantime, Boston's media establishment, led by the elitist Globe, simply can't stop gloating about Deval's easy win. But it's truly a phyrric victory.

In the final weeks of the campaign, every dirty trick in the book was thrown at the Republican, including false allegations that he had attacked a woman in a Las Vegas parking structure. Now, this two-time war veteran can feel good knowing that he's taken on Harry Reid's friends and won.

And here's an oddity: voters in your Radio Equalizer's hometown of Santa Cruz, California resoundingly shot down a hard- fought, union- backed measure that would have increased the minimum wage to $9.25 an hour, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Another key point: if the moonbat wing of the Democrat Party can't control itself and begins to push for presidential impeachment or wastes time on wacko conspiracy theories, the American public could quickly race back toward the GOP.

As for Rumsfeld's resignation, this would have been great a month ago, but doesn't help as much now, does it? But if this is a sign that Bush is righting the ship in time for 2008, then your Radio Equalizer is all for it.

Rush is on a roll today, one can feel the listenership reaching all- time highs. Blasting Republicans for refusing to campaign on conservative values has real resonance. Noting that Democrats suddenly aren't complaining about unfair elections this time truly strikes a chord. Drudge quotes him:

RUSH LIMBAUGH: 'I FEEL LIBERATED... I NO LONGER HAVE TO CARRY THE WATER FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T DESERVE IT'

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What I think it means? Before too long, we'll finally hear AirAmerica's "exit strategy". With an election won , AAR will be able to walk away with their heads held high claiming to have "made a difference" (even if the ratings say otherwise). Nonetheless, last night was their Mission Accomplished moment, so it's time to turn off the lights, stop hemmoraging money, and let Franken go to kick off his 2008 campaign.

HA! this is the funniest post you've ever written. here's the irony - every time you post something about air america, some idiot on here posts "i can't wait for the libs to say how this is actually good for air america." and now you're doing the exact same thing!

"yeah, we lost the elections, but that's what we had planned to do. this is the best thing for the republican party!"

i guess republican hypocrisy spreads further than just Haggard, Foley, DeLay, Ney, Cunningham, Abramoff, and Libby.

I'm not going to move to Canada, but I am going to move down south most likely Atlanta. As a resident of New Jersey it has becomd painfully clear to me that that the people of this state just love having corrupt politicians like Bob Menendez representing them. The Dems have given my state the HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES, CAR INSURANCE RATES, TIED WITH CALI. FOR HIGHEST INCOME TAX IN THE NATION. Just recently the sales tax was raised from %6 to 7% by our lovely Gov. Jon Corzine who promised to make New Jersey more affordable when he was elected after the McGreevy debacle. So while it is true the the Northeast is getting more Blue, it is doing so with less people because conservatives like me refuse to stay up here as the Democrats who run Trenton, Albany, & Boston tax us to death.

Conservatives! This is what I want! I feel like - to some extent that I'm still a lib in my heart because I'm so bummed out, (but I won't claim "voter fraud!" - not that liberal!) I need to fix that. I see you all, my husband and the conservative sitting next to me at work and you are all optomistic, look for the silver lining and keep on truckin. I guess that's why the GOP is the mentally stable party. As a recent convert, I will work on that. But I love it! You are the best people! You make me feel better!

kingdrudge - you want to move down south? i'll gladly trade places with you. and before you bitch about a 7% tax, why don't you try having a 7.5% tax thanks to solid republican state leadership for 8 years. that's the wonderful life we live here in ass-backwards florida.

also, i have to take issue with you people about "gloating". i guess it was about a year ago that a blogger on here posted something like "we've got the white house, both houses of congress, and we're about to have the judiciary! hahahaha there's nothing you can do! we control it all!"

that was sometime around the Alito confirmation, so don't say that we're gloating when you kids did the same thing. all i've gloated about is exposing your hypocrisy.

Gloat away. The GOP handed you this race. We lost it, period. That's called Democracy - and it works. I'm not going to let it effect my mood. I DO have a life. And I thank God that I live in a country where the people can decide their laws and vote for their leaders. I have nothing to bitch about. I'm not going to cry to my mommy about how the Democrats "stole" the election or employed "swiftboat" tactics or smeared good people's names, (like they did like Sen. Allen) or how racist and disgusting their behavior was toward Michael Steele, (throwing Oreos at him, calling him "Sambo" - which is frankly why I can't be affiliated with Democrats ever anymore.)I'm proud to be a Republican because we don't act like babies. And I'm just going to start saving every penny I can so I have something left after the Dems get finished rolling back the tax cuts.

excuse me, libberaloutlaw, but you DO realize that unlike your evil republican florida overlords, NJ has a state income tax as well? I'd be shocked if a state with no income tax didn't have higher rates of other taxes to compensate.

Um, are you really saying it's "hypocrisy" to take our knocks with a shake of the head and a shrug, as we look to the future and hope to do better then?

Most people would call that "good sportsmanship" or "losing gracefully" or (dare I say it) "class."

Do you really mean, Liberal Outlaw, that unless we meet electoral loss with whining, sulking, fist-shaking fury, with baseless accusations of cheating and threats to leave the country, we're hypocrites? That unless we call the people who didn't vote with us "idiots", unless we utterly villify the outcome as a coup and a crime (as opposed to simply an electoral outcome of a free, democratic republic), we're hypocrites?

Dude, think about this. What does this apparent outlook of yours say about you and your party, and what does the fact that we don't share this outlook say about us and ours?

Don't let the door hit you on the way out. I wouldn't mind seeing one less piece of leftist trash float out of my state.

and before you bitch about a 7% tax, why don't you try having a 7.5% tax thanks to solid republican state leadership for 8 years.

While the rest of the nation toiled under budget deficits, we had budget surpluses. Plus, NJ has a 7% tax ON TOP OF a state income tax. We have no state income tax here. Plus, where I live, the sales tax is 6.5%, not 7.5%.

Tons of jobs. Great wages. Low cost of living in many parts of the state (not so low in other parts). No state income tax.

that's the wonderful life we live here in ass-backwards florida.

Yeah...with all that prosperity, the horror of living in FL is too much to bear! Just because you're a loser doesn't mean the rest of us are.

And get used to the TWELVE (or more) years of Republican rule, with Crist having cruised to winning the governor's seat. There's always 2010, libby! :-D

Liberal Outlaw I did not see anyone say we planned to lose the elections. I read we deserved to lose the election.

I agree with Brian. The republicans deserve to lose. They are lucky it was not worse then it was. I just hope they will wake-up and act like conservatives again. If they don’t they will lose the Senate Presidency and possibly the Supreme Court in the next election.

I have every expectation of two more years of blaming Liberals, Democrats, and other Strawmen for the problems of the country.

Its too late for these right winger talk show hosts to change their formats.

They should realise that it is their fault. They have created this 'us vs them' situation in politics with its accompanying ineffectiveness.

Instead of having our representatives agruing against each other in order to hash out policy and legislation, they enjoy sitting back and letting the loyal [talk show created] sheeple attack their opposition in Congress, while the public gets nothing from those we elect.

Low life kid touching GOP trash postedson't let the door hit you on the way out. I wouldn't mind seeing one less piece of leftist trash float out of my state.

Nothing is yours, this is not your country, never has been. America is LIBERAL, always has been, we gave your ghoulish child molesting war profiteering party 12 years, you blew it. The only trash is YOU and your 30%ers. float out of OUR country, you filthy little pedophile. Harsh???I do not give a crap. I despise ditto heads (not Republicans}, and I demand these filthy glory hole lovers to stay the hell away from our children.America rejected the party of pedophiles, the party of corperations over people, the party of fake morals.America rejects you, Johnathan.YOU, you filthy little piece of human excrement. Don't ever call someone "leftist trash". I will call you 10000 times worse. Get ready for 40 years of leadership for America, not the tiny sliver of insane psychos!!!!! DROP DEADThink twice next time before calling someone "leftist trash" on this board, I'm here, to urinate all over you.

I suspect you are right about Mass. Governor-elect Deval Patrick -- his adoring fans seem locked on "yes we can" -- with few specifics besides enthusiasm, and a resume which would be impressive were he running for state Attorney General, but showing little executive or hardball political experience.

But I don't think Kerry Healey's loss is primarily about repudiating Romney or the national Repubs. Her resume contains nothing significant but for having been picked by Romney for Lt. Governor, truly a "bucket of warm spit" position even if VPOTUS is no longer such.

I understand the people who voted against Healey just because of her attacking Patrick for defending scumbags -- even scumbags have a right to a defense. However, I think the incident where Patrick went beyond the call of duty, to give $5000 of his own money for a convicted rapist's DNA test, among other practical and verbal support, only to have the DNA test confirm his guilt, shows Patrick to be a pushover and a sucker -- not good things in a governor.

I demand these filthy glory hole lovers to stay the hell away from our children.

When the Dems ran the Congress, and 2 Congressmen were caught for actual sex with 17-year-old pages, the Congress only censured them (a symbolic punishment, albeit one the voters might take to heart). And when Gerry Studds (D-MA) expressed his contempt for the censure by turning his back on the Congress, he received a standing ovation from the Democrats (and was re-elected several times).

In contrast, Foley, who emailed some pages (and it later came out probably had sex with some after they turned 18) resigned immediately.

But we have to blame the Republican leadership because they did not launch an investigation (i.e., testimony, searches, invasions of privacy) when they learned that an apparently gay man was, via email, "overly friendly" with a page?

This complaint comes from the party who says that, not only is there nothing suspicious about gay men who want to lead Boy Scouts on camping trips, but that there's something evil about the Boy Scouts for thinking otherwise.

I couldn't have said it better dwpitelli. All Foley had to do was switch parties and he would have gotten a standing ovation, been re-elected and medal from GLAAD. Again - the difference between Reps and Dems. BTW: you left out Mel Reynolds - who solicited a 15 year old girl for sex and then was pardoned by Clinton. Oh, and did you mention Barney Frank? He ran a little-boy brothel out of his apartment and he's STILL representing the 4th district in Mass in the House. So you have some moral authority there, idiot -excuse me - minister of propaganda.

Back to the glory hole Johnathan, you filthy Anti-American, troop hating, anti-family, fake conservative. You are trash, America rejects you and your perverted party of fake moralists. Amrica is rejoicing, go fina some young boy and don't get caught, you filthy filthy Rapeublican

love alwaysa proud husband of a military female officer and proud patriot and Liberal.

MOP,We thank your wife for her service to this country and we thank you for your insightful and accurate commentaries the past year both here at the Radio Equalizer and at the Evil Liberal Propaganda Radio Network.

I don’t think this election is a surprise or the “big referendum” the news pundits are making it out to be. Admittedly I am a Republican (and a Christian), but I do not count myself with the religious right. Both parties are full of hypocrisy, Nancy Pelosi being the biggest hypocrite of all with here millions of dollars and employment of un-documented workers for her wine vineyards.Another point that played into the election is that (unfortunately) many Americans saw the Republican answer (which could have been done better) to Michael J Fox’s commercial as an attack, when in reality Fox opened himself up for criticism, but the media would not allow a fair discussion here. The problem was that people in the media thought that Fox was above criticism because of his disease, but he was not. If someone with every bad thing that could happen to a person came out and backed Osama Bin Laden (or Adolph Hitler) as the greatest most moral man to walk the planet, they should be open to criticism (Quite honestly my life has sucked, but I am not above criticism.

All this said, I am certainly do not always agree with the Republicans. The religious right is more about image than substance and I can say this from experience; I have three special needs children and our Evangelical Church turned its back on us in our family’s darkest hour. One has Autism and was kicked out of our Evangelical Church Nursery, who knows, maybe stem cell research can help him. My daughter was “harmed” by a person during a nervous breakdown my wife had after multiple difficulties and diagnosis with our children.The interesting thing about the large switch of congressional seats is unlike the pundits claim of a referendum, this is quite normal in two ways; One it is common for the party in power (President) to loose seats in the midterm; Two every president since the Civil War has lost seats in a big way during war time, and this includes Roosevelt in WWII (considered to be a popular war?) and Lincoln in the Civil War. And I personally think Lincoln was our greatest president, the Emancipation Proclamation was very un-popular and as important as the Civil War was in holding our nation together, it was neither popular or a good vs. evil war (unlike WWII in my opinion), there were plenty of issues on both sides.

same old responses. however, i take issue with skinhead jonathan calling me trash. he looks like a poster child for the KKK. i also saw that you went to FSU. not bad, considering it has some of the lowest admission standards in the state. good think some dirty liberal piece of trash helped create state sponsored secondary education so people like you could afford college.

enough of that though. the point is that, yeah, you deserved to lose. but only because of your poor leadership, consistent corruption, and choking hypocrisy. other than that, i have no problem with conservatives leading this country.

bottom line - Americans went to the polls yesterday and told conservatives "YOU HAVE FAILED AND WE WANT YOU GONE."

can you refute that? no, because if it weren't true, you wouldn't have lost. don't sugar coat it, don't make excuses, just plan ahead for 2008.

Wow! This is my first time reading blogs. I am not a Rep or Dem. I suppose I would be a Rep if they actually strove for things they said they believed in, rducing Gov't, that sort of thing. I have found that IN GENERAL you can have an intelligent concersation with a fervent Rep., but amazingly, sadly, pathetically, my attempted conversations with staunch Dem all sound similar to Minister of Propaganda. I feel like I am talking to High School students where everything is life, death and hormones. Either MOP is a masquerading teen or an exceedingly hateful individual. Taking his(her?) ravings at face value for a moment, how could even the most biased media agent twist(spin?) the Rep party as the elitist, racist, intolerant, party and the Democrats as the milk and cookies party? Most every candidate will attack their adversary in their contests, both parties have their representatives of questionable ethics and sexual preferences. The sleaze level of each party in this last round of elections, however, is not even close. The outright lies of the Dem party in multiple races gives them an overwhelming victory in the sleaze race. Congratulations. Just read down this blog. Rep notes: "We deserved to lose, we'll get'em next time"Dem notes: "Haha...get out of OUR country...(add lengthy name calling here)Rick L

I'm sorry who's sulking? Yesterday I listen to Charlie Sykes and a woman called in from Thresea Wisconsin stateing she has her flag flown at 1/2 mass because she felt the United State is going down because of the election results.

and why would she be upset? the American people voted. so is she saying that the American people have destroyed their own country? democrats have felt that way for quite some time. but don't hate us, hate your own party for doing this to themselves. the American people have spoken and you have to deal with that, just like we had to.

Thank you Elmonica for supporting the ELPN, Ralph and I appreciate our audience! Thanks for the kind words about my wife, a proud army officer.

someone posted about me: Either MOP is a masquerading teen or an exceedingly hateful individual.

I'm not exactly hatefull, Im displaying the same kind of behavior conservatives give to liberals, name calling & assumptions. All if fine and dandy when conservatives do it, when a liberal does it, conservatives cry like little babies. Another reason why Americas rejectwed conservatism, a one way fascist state of mind. They can name call, they can smear, they can cast aspersions, when it done to them, they can not deal with it. Some kind of superiourity complex on their part. Another poster pointed out "johnatan" looks like a skinhead, I noticed the same thing. Imagine that a white supremist, calling someone else "trash"??? Take the whole skin head movement, and shove it!Anyway tune in tonight Evil Liberal Propaganda Network 10PM-Mid {est} on indieairplay.com

Thank you Elmonica for supporting the ELPN, Ralph and I appreciate our audience! Thanks for the kind words about my wife, a proud army officer.

someone posted about me: Either MOP is a masquerading teen or an exceedingly hateful individual.

I'm not exactly hatefull, Im displaying the same kind of behavior conservatives give to liberals, name calling & assumptions. All if fine and dandy when conservatives do it, when a liberal does it, conservatives cry like little babies. Another reason why Americas rejectwed conservatism, a one way fascist state of mind. They can name call, they can smear, they can cast aspersions, when it done to them, they can not deal with it. Some kind of superiourity complex on their part. Another poster pointed out "johnatan" looks like a skinhead, I noticed the same thing. Imagine that a white supremist, calling someone else "trash"??? Take the whole skin head movement, and shove it!Anyway tune in tonight Evil Liberal Propaganda Network 10PM-Mid {est} on indieairplay.com